Wada Akiko’s Comment Escapes Scrutiny as Announcer’s Remark on Men’s Smell Leads to Termination

Is the entertainment industry an unreasonable world?

Yuri Kawaguchi, a freelance announcer, said on X on August 8, “I’m really sorry if there are any circumstances.

I’m really sorry if you have your own reasons, but I don’t like the smell of men in the summer, or the body odor peculiar to those who are inactive. I want to be clean all the time, so I shower several times a day, use sweat wipes and antiperspirants all year round, but I wish most men were as clean as that… 》

Kawaguchi’s personal viewpoint was flamed when he wrote, “I want to be clean all the time. Kawaguchi further responded by biting back at the general user, and on the 11th, her contract was terminated by her agency.

In short, he was fired because of X’s post. Kawaguchi’s related posts have been deleted and X itself is now private.

Furthermore, “Aoyama Productions,” a business training and lecture company, where Kawaguchi had held lectures as a teacher, also

Aoyama Productions, a business training and lecture company, where Kawaguchi had been giving lectures, also announced the termination of the contract on the same day, stating, “Inappropriate postings that defame the opposite sex have been found.

The same day, the company announced that it had terminated the contract with Kawana.

This was followed by a comment on SNS

“If someone who was also a harassment instructor makes comments that could be taken as gender harassment, I think a contract termination is unavoidable.

“A stern warning would have been enough. It is too severe.

The opinions are divided between the two.

Meanwhile, Akiko Wada, who appeared on “Akko ni Omakase” (TBS) on the same day Kawaguchi was fired, also came under fire.

She said that Haika Kitaguchi, who won the gold medal in the women’s javelin throw at the Paris Olympics, “looks like a sea lion.

Kitaguchi, who is a strong believer in “genbari-giri” (good luck), leisurely eats sponge cakes while lying on the ground of the stadium. When Wada saw this, he said

“Ha ha ha! It looks like a Steller’s sea lion lying down. How cute…”

Wada commented, “It’s so cute…. The studio audience laughed along with Wada’s comment.

In response to this comment on SNS

“That’s too rude to the gold medalist!

You can easily understand if he is happy to be called “Steller’s sea lion” or not.

On the other hand, some people on social networking sites criticized the comment, saying, “He was saying it out of love,

On the other hand, there were also criticisms such as, “She was saying it with love.

Akko-san had no malicious intent.

On the other hand, there were those who defended her, saying, “She said it out of love.

In the first place, there are those who say, “I don’t like the smell of men in summer.

“I don’t like the smell of men in the summer” is a termination of the contract, but “I look like a sea lion” is safe? That’s ridiculous!

and “I don’t like the smell of men in the summer,” but “I look like a sea lion” is safe? However, the “I don’t like the smell of men in the summer” was terminated from her contract,

“This is the epitome of the entertainment industry, isn’t it?

A source at a TV station said, “It’s the epitome of the entertainment industry.

The difference between the big names and the lesser-known freelance announcers is obvious. Mr. Wada is the head of a major entertainment agency, Horipro, and has made a great contribution to the entertainment industry. No matter how much heat he gets from the public, TV stations cannot treat him lightly. Since there are many popular actors and talents at Horipro, including Haruka Ayase, Satomi Ishihara, and Fukada Kyoko, “cutting” Mr. Wada at the top could affect other casting decisions.

Although there is no pressure from the TV stations, there is a tendency for the stations to make decisions on their own. On the other hand, it is quicker to fire a freelance announcer when weighing the “contribution to the agency” against “covering up the flames. Moreover, people who carelessly make discriminatory remarks are likely to be flamed again, and their earning power and influence are overwhelmingly different from Mr. Wada’s.”

It may seem unreasonable, but it seems that celebrities win only if they sell well.